Re: [DML] Wanted: Completely different brake setup

["Dave Sontos" <dsontos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You didn't mention anything about the calipers.
Just for grins make sure you don't have a stuck caliper piston on each
wheel. Each caliper has two pistons, one on each side of the rotor. If one
of those pistons get stuck the other has to make up the movement to close
the brake pad to the rotor. There is only so much slack in the caliper
mounting to allow the whole caliper to move from the one piston. What
happens is dirt now gets in behind the non functioning brake pad and
squeaks.

Just my 2 cents.
Dave Sontos
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Williams" <delorean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 1:42 AM
Subject: [DML] Wanted: Completely different brake setup


> Hi all, I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me with this. My
> brakes are noisy. Unbelievably noisy. Sometimes it'll be the front brakes
> while stopping, or the parking brake pads rubbing the ever-warped rotors.
> I've probably changed the pads somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20 times
> in the past 4 years of ownership, and I've tried every kind out there.
> I've replaced the rotors, turned the rotors, replaced the parking brake
> pads, different shims, different springs, different clips, different
> compounds, and still I get squeaking, rubbing, chirping etc.





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